The Turkish Airlines Euroleague 2012–13 was the 13th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the third under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 56th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs. The Final Four was held at The O2 Arena in London. It was won by Olympiacos (3rd title), who defeated Real Madrid 100–88 in the championship game. Olympiacos became the just third team since the introduction of the Final Four format to win two Euroleague championships in a row, and the 2nd team in Euroleague Basketball Company era (Euroleague 2000–01 season to present) to become back-to-back Euroleague champions.
Allocation
A total of 31 teams participated in the 2012–13 Euroleague. There were three routes to participation in the Euroleague:
- The top 13 teams with an A-Licence from the 2011-12 Euroleague based on their Euroleague Club Ranking.[1]
- An additional team promoted to an A-Licence.
- The 2011–12 Eurocup winner was given a C-Licence.
- 14 places were allocated from a list of 28 teams given a B-Licence ranked according to their European national basketball league rankings over the last year. 14 teams were given both an A-Licence or C-Licence and a B-Licence. When a country ranking spot had already been assigned to an A-Licence team, the assignation jumped to the next country appearing in the ranking, and their league was not granted an additional place in the competition. The first 8 of the remaining 16 teams were given places in the regular-season, and the next 6 were given places in the qualifying competition. The last 2 places from the Netherlands and Latvia were not taken up.
- As the list of teams with a B-Licence was exhausted, two wild cards were granted to fill the remaining spaces in the qualifying competition.
Euroleague allocation criteria
On 31 May 2012, the Euroleague published the official License Allocation criteria.[2]
A licenses
B licenses
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B licensed teams |
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- *^ The Adriatic League teams (1 from Serbia, 1 from Slovenia and 1 from Croatia) were the ones with the best Adriatic League + National League + European competitions ranking.
- **^ Next best team from the Adriatic League without B licence.
C licenses and wildcards
- C license converted in wildcard for the Regular Season (since 2011–12 Eurocup champion BC Khimki qualified via B license):
- Wildcards for the Qualification Rounds:
Regular season teams
Location of teams of the
2012–13 Euroleague group stage.
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Red: Group A;
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Green: Group B;
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Blue: Group C;
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Yellow: Group D.
On 31 May 2012, the new Euroleague license allocation criteria was announced.[3] Twenty-three teams directly joined the regular season, while one more team joined it from the qualifying rounds. Eight teams fought for the last berth, and Mapooro Cantù got the final spot.[4]
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Champion |
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Runner-up |
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Third place |
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Fourth place |
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Eliminated in Quarterfinals |
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Eliminated in Last 16 |
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Eliminated in the regular season |
Acea Roma's A license was under review, as they were the lowest performing A License team during the 2011–12 season.
Euroleague Qualifying Round teams
Eight teams participated in a single-venue tournament format. The winner, Mapooro Cantù, advanced to the Euroleague Regular Season.
The qualifying round was played between 25 and 28 September at the PalaDesio in Desio, Italy.[5]
Draw
The draws for the 2012–13 Turkish Airlines Euroleague were held on Friday, 6 July. The draws determined the qualifying-round matchups and regular-season groups for the Euroleague, as well as the qualifying rounds for the Eurocup and the regular-season for the EuroChallenge.
Teams were seeded into six pots of four teams in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period.[6]
Two teams from the same country could not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group.
Regular season
The Regular Season began on 11 October.
If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
- Head-to-head record.
- Head-to-head point differential.
- Point differential during the Regular Season.
- Points scored during the regular season.
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.
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Top four places in each group advanced to Top 16 |
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Top 16
The Top 16 began on 27 December.
If teams were level on record at the end of the Top 16, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
- Head-to-head record.
- Head-to-head point differential.
- Point differential during the Top 16.
- Points scored during the Top 16.
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Top 16 match.
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Top four places in each group advanced to Playoffs |
Group E
Group F
Quarterfinals
Final Four
The Final Four is the last phase of each Euroleague season, and is held over a weekend. The semifinal games are played on Friday evening. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship final.
Semifinals
May 12, The O2 Arena, London
3rd place game
May 14, The O2 Arena, London
Final
May 14, The O2 Arena, London
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- Assistant coaches: Milan Tomić
- Christos Marmarinos
- Christos Pappas
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Final standings
Top 10 attendances
Single game
| Round | Game | Home team | Visitor | Attendance | Sources |
1 |
Quarter-finals | 4 |
Panathinaikos |
FC Barcelona |
27,232 | |
2 |
Quarter-finals | 3 |
Panathinaikos |
FC Barcelona |
17,800 | |
Top 16 | 14 |
Panathinaikos |
CSKA Moscow |
17,800 |
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4 |
Regular Season | 8 |
Žalgiris |
Olympiacos |
15,420 |
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5 |
Top 16 | 4 |
Žalgiris |
CSKA Moscow |
15,199 |
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6 |
Regular Season | 7 |
Žalgiris |
Caja Laboral |
15,110 |
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7 |
Top 16 | 5 |
Caja Laboral |
FC Barcelona |
15,068 |
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8 |
Top 16 | 10 |
Žalgiris |
Real Madrid |
15,010 |
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9 |
Regular Season | 9 |
Panathinaikos |
Fenerbahçe Ülker |
15,000 |
[8] |
10 |
Top 16 | 5 |
Panathinaikos |
Real Madrid |
14,909 |
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Average
Rank | Team | Matches | Average |
1 |
Žalgiris |
12 |
13,425 |
2 |
Caja Laboral |
14 |
12,036 |
3 |
Maccabi Electra |
13 |
10,935 |
4 |
Panathinaikos |
14 |
10,564 |
5 |
Real Madrid |
14 |
9,148 |
6 |
Alba Berlin |
12 |
9,033 |
7 |
Olympiacos |
15 |
8,265 |
8 |
Anadolu Efes |
14 |
8,191 |
9 |
Fenerbahçe Ülker |
12 |
7,109 |
10 |
Partizan |
5 |
7,100 |
Individual statistics
Rating
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Other Stats
Game highs
Awards
Euroleague 2012–13 MVP
Euroleague 2012–13 Final Four MVP
All-Euroleague Team 2012–13
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Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)
Best Defender
Rising Star
MVP Weekly
Regular season
Top 16
Quarter-finals
MVP of the Month
See also
References
External links
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